The Obama administration has launched a new website for people to submit petitions, because, well, the government's broken, so why not see what the internet is up to? And what the internet is up to is, as usual, demanding the legalization of weed.

The White House has promised to "review and "issue an official response" to any petition that gets more than 5,000 "signatures" in 30 days. And as of this post, five of the twelve most popular—including the number-one most-signed—petitions on their shiny new website concern marijuana and the war on drugs.

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But let's not get sidetracked! The internet is demanding more than just free marijuana for life: there are four petitions relating to animal cruelty, three about the TSA and the Patriot Act, and two that would require the government to "formally acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race." We're willing to get behind all of those positions. But the one really near and dear to our hearts is the petition demanding that the Justice Department "Try Casey Anthony in Federal Court for Lying to the FBI Investigators," if only because we really can't want to see the White House's official statement on that one.

Here's a list of the 39 petitions currently on the site:

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana in a Manner Similar to Alcohol 26,067 signatures

Abolish the TSA, and use its monstrous budget to fund more sophisticated, less intrusive counter-terrorism intelligence 16,066 signatures

Call an Investigation into Allegations of Prosecutorial & Judicial Misconduct in the Case of Sholom Rubashkin 13,172 signatures

Edit the Pledge of Allegiance to remove the phrase "Under God" 9,917 signatures

Allow Industrial Hemp to be Grown in the U.S. Once Again 7,581 signatures